bodily process vs sleeping

sleeping vs bodily process

bodily process and sleeping both are nouns.

bodily process is not an adjective while sleeping is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily process	Yes	No	No	No
sleeping	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sleeping is a hyponym of bodily process; that is, sleeping is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bodily process:

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
sleeping: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

Other hyponyms of bodily process include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	sleeping (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
	quiet and inactive restfulness
	the state of being asleep

bodily process (adjective)	sleeping (adjective)
	lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Difference between bodily process and sleeping

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